uranium-235. Uranium-235 is an isotope of uranium, which is a version of an element that has the same basic identity but weighs a little more or less. Think about apples from the same tree. Some are ...

With concerns rising over Iran's reported 400 kilograms of uranium, experts analyze how much nuclear weapon-grade material this quantity represents and its potential to build 7 to 14 atomic bombs.

There are other uses of uranium apart from nuclear weapons as discussed in this article. Uranium is a silver-grey metal that is radioactive. The most common types are uranium 235 and uranium 238. The ...

A nuclear engineer explains the importance of centrifuges to Iranian efforts to build nuclear weapons, and what the Islamic ...

Now, the world’s first nuclear influencer is coming out with a book.

The country has domestic sources of uranium. Its largest mine is at Saghand, in east-central Iran. But mined uranium is mostly the wrong type for nuclear weapons: it is over 99% uranium-238 (U-238; ...

Experimental fuel capsules being staged at the Advanced Test Reactor. Source: Clean Core Thorium Energy A ...

Uranium enrichment is a critical process that increases the concentration of Uranium-235, essential for both nuclear power generation and nuclear weapons. Various methods exist for enriching ...

Destroying Iran's stores of enriched uranium would bring danger for people nearby but not trigger another Chernobyl.

Secretive North Korea gave a rare look inside one of its uranium facilities after Kim Jong Un’s visit last year ...

New Delhi: The world is still reeling under the aftereffects of the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites at Fordow Uranium ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When U.S. forces attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 21, 2025, the main target was metal tubes in laboratories deep underground. The tubes are centrifuges that produce highly ...